Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Routing following vehicles toward a lead vehicle in a vehicle caravan
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Application No.: US15999438Application Date: 2018-08-20
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Publication No.: US10598502B2Publication Date: 2020-03-24
- Inventor: Sandeep Raj Gandiga
- Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Applicant Address: US MI Dearborn
- Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Current Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Dearborn
- Agency: Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP
- Agent Brandon Hicks
- Main IPC: G05D1/00
- IPC: G05D1/00 ; G01C21/34 ; G01S19/03 ; G01S19/51 ; G01C21/36

Abstract:
The present disclosure extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for routing following vehicles toward a lead vehicle in a vehicle caravan. GPS locations can be shared between caravanning vehicles moving towards a destination. Routes (e.g., turn-by-turn navigation) for individual vehicles participating in a caravan can be dynamically updated. Within a group of GPS devices, one GPS device (e.g., a GPS device at a designated lead vehicle) can be selected as a master GPS device. As the designated lead vehicle travels towards the destination, the master GPS device can continually share its GPS coordinates (i.e., share its location) with the other GPS devices. The other GPS devices use the shared GPS coordinates to continually adjust routes to progress towards the master GPS device (and thus progress towards the lead vehicle). That is, the other GPS devices are continually updating navigation routes to follow the master GPS device.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200056899A1 Routing following vehicles toward a lead vehicle in a vehicle caravan Public/Granted day:2020-02-20
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